Susan Watkins is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist specializing in Children and Adolescent Therapy, Individual Therapy, Couples Counseling, and Family Therapy and has had a private practice in Temecula and Murrieta and has served the surrounding areas for the past 12 years.
Susan is a graduate of the University of San Diego earning a master’s degree in Marriage and Family Therapy in 2001. Susan trained at Rady’s Children’s Hospital in San Diego as an Intern Psychiatric Social Worker at the Children’s Psychiatric Outpatient Clinic in Rancho Bernardo, CA from 2000 to 2001.
Susan is an interactive, solution-focused therapist. Her therapeutic approach is to provide support and practical feedback to help clients effectively address personal life challenges. Susan also looks for and treats the underlying reasons for the dysfuction so the problem doesn’t continue to create havoc in the client’s life. Susan integrates complementary methodologies and techniques to offer a highly …personalized approach tailored to each client. With compassion and understanding, she works with each individual to help them build on their strengths and attain the personal growth they are committed to accomplishing.
Susan specializes in Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Couples Counseling, Solution-Focused Therapy, Play Therapy and Trauma Therapy. Her areas of expertise include working with children and adolescents on issues related to academics, behavior, and communication. Susan works with people struggling with stress management, phase of life difficulties and mental disorders. She also practices couples and family counseling on a wide variety of issues. Susan has a passion for working with trauma survivors and people struggling with PTSD.

Susan Watkins

29970 Technology Dr Ste 207

Murrieta

CA

92563

USA

(951) 535-2239

https://susanwatkinsmft.com/

• Marriage & Family Therapist

• Coping Skills
• Behavioral health evaluation
• Behavioral Therapy
• Family Counseling
• Family Therapy
• Life Coaching
• Life Skills and Coaching
• Art Therapy
• Cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT)
• Dialectical (DBT)
• Emotionally Focused
• Family Balancing
• Internal Family Systems (IFS)
• Interpersonal Therapy (IPT)
• Mindfulness-Based (MBCT)
• Motivational Interviewing (MI)
• Music Therapy
• Parent-Child Interaction Therapy (PCIT)
• Play Therapy
• Solution Focused Brief (SFBT)
• Structural Family Therapy

• Addiction
• Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD)
• Alcohol Dependence
• Anger Issues
• Anxiety
• Asperger's
• Behavioral Issues
• Bipolar Disorder
• Borderline Personality
• Depression
• Disassociative Identity Disorder
• Divorce
• Domestic Violence
• Impulse Control Disorders
• Life Balance
• Life Transitions
• Mood Disorders
• Narcissistic Personality
• Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD)
• Oppositional Defiance
• Parent-Child Problems
• Peer Relationships
• Personality Disorders
• Psychosis
• Self Esteem
• Self harm behaviors
• Sexual Abuse
• Substance abuse
• Suicidal Ideation
• Teen Violence
• Thinking Disorders
• Grief
• Family Conflict
• Emotional Disturbance